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defense secretary hagel warned russia to respect ukraine's sovereignty and avoid provocative action. russia denied involvement in the airport seizures. this situation continues to be ugly and confusing. >>> men's apparel retailer jos. a. banks says it's talking to talk about a higher bid. that's the first time any of these folks said they wanted to talk to each other at all. men's warehouse raising from 57.50 earlier this week and added it would consider increasing that offer to $65 if it was allowed to conduct limited due diligence. hanging in the balance of all of this is eddie bauer which was maybe being played like a fiddle in trying to bring both of these guys back to the table. we always knew they wanted to do a deal of some sort. >> this merger makes sense. >> i would argue this makes more sense. >> these two companies should get together. if you're in your car you won't let them drive past the street where either one of these are located, right? you wouldn't wear a men's warehouse sock. there's no way. >> you know what i think i'm going to do next week? i'm going to dress hea
defense secretary hagel warned russia to respect ukraine's sovereignty and avoid provocative action. russia denied involvement in the airport seizures. this situation continues to be ugly and confusing. >>> men's apparel retailer jos. a. banks says it's talking to talk about a higher bid. that's the first time any of these folks said they wanted to talk to each other at all. men's warehouse raising from 57.50 earlier this week and added it would consider increasing that offer to $65 if...
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are you going to cut in defense? obviously with the minimum wage that doesn't increase the government budget. look, we're willing to look at combinations of things but the president has put his idea on the table. if my colleague paul ryan wants to put another idea on the table, we'll obviously take a look at that going forward. >> this is sort of symbol ig on both sides but to me, i was at least a little gratified, republicans think maybe you could do something with corporate taxation and, you know, something with the taxes that are staying overseas and do some infrastructure stuff, maybe they're open to that. at least there are seeds of what looks to be things that could get done. it's symbolic. i wish the president would be more persuasive about corporate tax reform. let me ask you one philosophical question, chris. >> yes. >> that is while we're trying to decide how to help people that need help, there are two thoughts. one is that we don't want to entrench people into dependency. you look at how many people are o
are you going to cut in defense? obviously with the minimum wage that doesn't increase the government budget. look, we're willing to look at combinations of things but the president has put his idea on the table. if my colleague paul ryan wants to put another idea on the table, we'll obviously take a look at that going forward. >> this is sort of symbol ig on both sides but to me, i was at least a little gratified, republicans think maybe you could do something with corporate taxation...
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the russian and ukrainian governments are talking on a cabinet level today, and a russian defense official is discussing ukraine with nato members in brussels as well. so this is shaping up relatively nicely and quickly. and in the flurry of all this diploma diplomacy, we're getting a better sense of russia's and the west's end games. washington and berlin on the one hand are pushing this plan that would include international observers to replace the russian or pro-russian forces in crimea. they're asking for direct talks between moscow and kiev and new elections in may. the russians, on the other hand, want to see a return of that ousted ukrainian leader, viktor yanukovych. he would head a national unity government and the new elections wouldn't be in may but in december. there's obviously a big gulf between the two sides, but at least they are talking again. but if that doesn't work, becky, don't expect to see russia's forces pulling back from crimea any time soon. back to you. >> jim, thank you. that is certainly what we've seen play out just with the market reaction as well. they seem
the russian and ukrainian governments are talking on a cabinet level today, and a russian defense official is discussing ukraine with nato members in brussels as well. so this is shaping up relatively nicely and quickly. and in the flurry of all this diploma diplomacy, we're getting a better sense of russia's and the west's end games. washington and berlin on the one hand are pushing this plan that would include international observers to replace the russian or pro-russian forces in crimea....
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as we heard in her defense yesterday she was not incredibly strident in her defense of gay rights this is probably a difficult situation. that's the vote. that's how it went. >>> best buy is reporting, i'm told, i haven't had the chance to look at it yet. we'll rush it out here as quickly as we can. waiting on the numbers to come up here. let me see where the stock is trading. i have a blank screen. >> many he, too. >> that sounds much better than expected although it says fourth quarter continuing ops was 88 cents for best buy. adjusted earnings, they've got $1.24. on revenue of $14.47 billion. they have more than a few numbers. they have a net number of 83 cents. a continuing operations number of 88 cents. and an adjusted number of $1.24. even though same-store sales in the fourth quarter well 1.2%. the stock is called sharply higher, though. initially i have -- i have a 27 bid right now on this right now. 27 bid and 27.89 ask. that would be up 1.20 or so. domestic comparable online sales up 26%, 25.8%. >> there were huge questions about this, because the holiday season when we first
as we heard in her defense yesterday she was not incredibly strident in her defense of gay rights this is probably a difficult situation. that's the vote. that's how it went. >>> best buy is reporting, i'm told, i haven't had the chance to look at it yet. we'll rush it out here as quickly as we can. waiting on the numbers to come up here. let me see where the stock is trading. i have a blank screen. >> many he, too. >> that sounds much better than expected although it says...
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look what he did to the defense department. >> john kerry seems like he is preparing a way to say no. >> you can argue that both ways. i can't imagine that he will say eno. even the study that they put out paves the way for keystone. my guess is yes to keystone and come out with regulations on existing power plants later in the year. >> if you want to look at the most politicly expedient answer. chairman -- >> sorry i missed you last week, i got snowed in. >> we hope to see you again soon. who knows what we will be calling you in the future. >> paul. >>> coming up it's 1849 all over again. why gold prospectors are dancing. we have details after the break. check out gold prices right now. "squawk box" coming right back after this short break. >>> i love gold! ♪ >>> coming up, the investors' bulls eye on target. we speak to an analyst for reaction to the numbers and the company comments. "squawk box" on cnbc, profit from it. on your own... or with a fidelity investment professional, helping you find new ways to plan for retirement and save on taxes where you can so you can invest in t
look what he did to the defense department. >> john kerry seems like he is preparing a way to say no. >> you can argue that both ways. i can't imagine that he will say eno. even the study that they put out paves the way for keystone. my guess is yes to keystone and come out with regulations on existing power plants later in the year. >> if you want to look at the most politicly expedient answer. chairman -- >> sorry i missed you last week, i got snowed in. >> we...